As
cofounder and senior advisor of Omega Institute,
Elizabeth Lesser has studied and worked with
leading figures in the field of healing — healing
self and society — for 30 years. Since
2002, She and Eve Ensler have spearheaded Omega’s
and V-Day’s Women and Power conferences,
Offering electrifying dialogues between women
activists, artists, and those in leadership
positions around the world. Former midwife
and birth educator, Lesser has taught workshops
on emotional intelligence, meditation, women’s
issues, and death and dying. She is the author
of The Seeker’s Guide and Broken
Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow. www.eomega.org

Aung
San Suu Kyi, who is under house arrest now
in Burma, says, "There is an age-old prejudice
the world over, that women talk too much. But
is this really weakness? Could it not in fact
be the strength the world needs?" ... I hope
you'll take it as motivation to speak up, to
speak out for peace.

So
when you go home, and you say, “Oh, no,
I’m not going to win a Nobel Peace Prize.” I
want you to think more about going home and
being an incredible mother or father, I want
you to go home and think and think about going
to work tomorrow and bringing some of this
spirit into the workplace. Becoming an activist
in any way that you want.